Abstract

This study evaluates X-ray exposure in patient undergoing abdominal extra-vascular interventional procedures by means of Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine (DICOM) image headers and Monte Carlo simulation. The main aim was to assess the effective and equivalent doses, under the hypothesis of their correlation with the dose area product (DAP) measured during each examination. This allows to collect dosimetric information about each patient and to evaluate associated risks without resorting to in vivo dosimetry. The dose calculation was performed in 79 procedures through the Monte Carlo simulator PCXMC (A PC-based Monte Carlo program for calculating patient doses in medical X-ray examinations), by using the real geometrical and dosimetric irradiation conditions, automatically extracted from DICOM headers. The DAP measurements were also validated by using thermoluminescent dosemeters on an anthropomorphic phantom. The expected linear correlation between effective doses and DAP was confirmed with an R² of 0.974. Moreover, in order to easily calculate patient doses, conversion coefficients that relate equivalent doses to measurable quantities, such as DAP, were obtained.

通过文章可以知道DICOM的全名师医学数字成像和通信。文章主要做了一些计算和实验，进行了线性拟合等。还进行了转换系数的计算等。文章给的软件名称也可以搜索看看。经过搜索简介如下

PCXMC is a computer program for calculating patients‘ organ doses and effective doses in medical x-ray examinations (radiography and fluoroscopy). The doses are calculated in 29 organs and tissues and the program calculates the effective dose with both the present tissue weighting factors of ICRP Publication 103 (2007) and the old tissue weighting factors of ICRP Publication 60 (1991). The program incorporates adjustable-size paediatric and adult patient models and allows a free choice of the x-ray examination technique.